Infix Definition

ĭn-fĭks
infixes
verb
infixes
To fasten or set firmly in or on, esp. by inserting or piercing.
Webster's New World
To fix firmly in the mind; instill; implant.
Webster's New World
To place (an infix) within a word.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
noun
infixes
An inflectional or derivational element appearing in the body of a word. For example, in Tagalog, the active verb sulat, “write,” can be converted to a passive, “written,” by inserting the infix –in–, yielding sinulat.
American Heritage
A morpheme that is added within a word (Ex.: -o- in gemology)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Infix

Noun

Singular:
infix
Plural:
infixes

Origin of Infix

  • Back-formation from Middle English infixed stuck in from Latin īnfīxus past participle of īnfīgere to fasten in in- in in–2 fīgere to fasten dhīgw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from Middle English infixed, stuck in, from Latin infixus, past participle of infigere, to fasten in.

    From Wiktionary

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